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Current conditions

#35 David Byrne

Wildcard • 12°TEMPERATURE

David Byrne grade out well because of active cycle, shaky genre fit, returner sweet spot. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

United Talent Agency (UTA)

Last Shaky

2018

Festival Fronts

0

Booking outlook

Historical Shaky Knees performer awaiting current artist, touring, and genre-fit research.

Artist Bio

David Byrne is a rock/pop artist from Dumbarton, Scotland, formed in 1970. The project’s recorded work is commonly associated with pop. Its catalog has been associated with Nonesuch. The available discography runs from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) to Who Is the Sky? (2025). Its profile belongs in the Shaky Forecast library as part of the wider map of artists under current and historical consideration.

Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

Researched through 2026-09-22. Unknown or unverified fields are intentionally not guessed.

  • Historical appearances: 2018.
  • Research-only library record. It is intentionally excluded from scoring and the public Top 100 until current evidence is reviewed.
  • Researched through 2026-09-22. Unknown or unverified fields are intentionally not guessed.
  • Batch 08 research cutoff: 2026-09-22.
  • Atlanta timing: NONE_FOUND
  • Research Batch 07 (PARTIAL): Agency, verified no-manager-listed state, and label are resolved; image credit remains open.
  • Research Batch 07 remaining fields: image_credit.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Active Cycle+6

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: release (4), festival (2), touring (1).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    Historical Shaky Knees performer awaiting current artist, touring, and genre-fit research.

  • Returner sweet spot+3

    David Byrne last played in 2018, which sits in the ideal return window.

Forecast Index: 12

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • No festival fronts are currently on the desk.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

Who Is The Sky? (Deluxe) / active touring

Status

2026 Album

Release

Who Is The Sky? (Deluxe) / active touring

2027 Touring

No confirmed 2027 North American tour is currently on the desk

Who Is The Sky? (Deluxe) / active touring

Forecast Impact

+0 release-climate points

This profile does not currently receive any verified release-climate points.

  • World Tour (2027)Confirmed

    Confirmed Latitude Festival 2027, July 22-25, Suffolk, UK.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Past appearances2018

Receipts

Sources

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